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Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#11

Post by darkblackcorner »

I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty servers, no real issues, and they recently shut down their Russian server due to imminent privacy concerns. So I feel that they have their priorities straight.

I used https://www.frootvpn.com/ briefly when it was free - seemed ok too, but not many servers back then.

Depends really what you want to use it for, but you could look into something like https://www.zerotier.com/ or even hosting your own.

This might be useful for more in depth comparisons: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#12

Post by prophet_ »

darkblackcorner wrote: post #11

I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty servers, no real issues, and they recently shut down their Russian server due to imminent privacy concerns. So I feel that they have their priorities straight. I used https://www.frootvpn.com/ briefly when it was free - seemed ok too, but not many servers back then. Depends really what you want to us…

I use PIA and I can't complain. One issue I noticed that may affect others as well is that they are being blocked more and more around the internet. I don't think this is only a PIA problem though.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#13

Post by Technologix »

You can use this VPN Comparator to choose the right VPN for you: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Personally, I've been using ExpressVPN for the last 6 months. Absolutely great service and speed with a large choice of locations/servers.

You can get 30 days free trial using my referral link: http://bit.ly/2bKHXgO

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#16

Post by msh »

bendiksolheim wrote: post #6

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

But then you are responsible for the security of the server which you probably don't have a lot of time for.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#17

Post by Klathmon »

bendiksolheim wrote: post #6

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

What about when you need to update the box? How does it handle protecting and maintaining the vm? What if there is a critical vulnerability in either the client or the server, how will you find out?

I know i'm capable of running my own VPN, but I'd rather pay someone else to manage the details and I just get an endpoint I can connect to that will always work (and will be shut off if there is a major security problem).

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#19

Post by Klathmon »

prophet_ wrote: post #12
darkblackcorner wrote: post #11

I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty servers, no real issues, and they recently shut down their Russian server due to imminent privacy concerns. So I feel that they have their priorities straight. I used https://www.frootvpn.com/ briefly when it was free - seemed ok too, but not many servers back then. Depends really what you want to us…

I use PIA and I can't complain. One issue I noticed that may affect others as well is that they are being blocked more and more around the internet. I don't think this is only a PIA problem though.

Yeah I love PIA, but i've found several sites that outright block you in very "opaque" ways (my favorite is one that says the site is down for emergency maintenance when you connect from a PIA VPN IP).

It sucks, but I think PIA (and others) are going to need to start using different IPs and getting around these blocks if they want to stay competitive.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

#20

Post by andrenotgiant »

throwanem wrote: post #10
bendiksolheim wrote: post #6

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

That's great! Until something breaks.

Destroy the broken droplet and spin up a new one. I bet someone has written a cloud-init script so you never even have to login to the droplet.
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